American Robin

So here's a little story...Our house is in the foothills of Denver, at about 7600 feet elevation. Tuesday, we had a temp of about 73 F degrees (almost a record!). As you can see from my postings, Tuesday was a great day for birdfeeder birds for me! Wednesday, we had fog and 30 F degrees (yes, it does change by 40 F degrees in a day sometimes in Colorado). We were socked in the clouds the entire day, and as the day crept along, I could see frost building up on all the trees. It was pretty quiet all day...I think all the birds knew the cold was coming and weren't very active. Today, it was in the 40s F and sunny, everything was white with thick frost, and when I went outside, I was greeted with a symphonic cacophony of noise!! It was a gorgeous morning and birds EVERYWHERE were calling continuously to eachother! We had dozens if not hundreds of Robins around the neighborhood, streaking in and out of the pines competing for their mates (or maybe just playing). I've never seen that many Robins zipping around...and they were LOUD! Probably 80% of the noise was from the robins! Add in the ravens, crows, stellar jays (and they can make a ruckus all by themselves!), chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers in the distance, turkeys down below...even a red-tailed hawk scream every once in a while! I felt like getting out a recorder and taping what life should be all about...the beautiful, melodious sounds of nature celebrating the return of SPRING! (ok...enough mush!) ;-)